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William Barr did nothing today to allay fears that he would be an attorney general who would enable President Trump to continue his abuse of executive authority, while curtailing the civil and constitutional rights of Americans.

Neomi Rao’s views are completely disqualifying for someone seeking a lifetime seat on one of our nation’s highest courts. The Trump Administration in the past has tried, and failed, to ram through nominees with hostile writings and activities like this in their records.

Judge Pat Wald was a dear friend and a trailblazer throughout her remarkable career, but she was also more than that: a mentor to so many young lawyers who looked up to her, an advocate for the rights of children at a time when the concept was new, a lifelong champion for human rights and a person who believed in her heart that the law should be an instrument for bettering the lives of everyday people.

In the latest edition of Yeomans Work, AFJ Senior Justice Fellow Bill Yeomans calls on the Senate Judiciary Committee to reject the notion that senators should defer to the whims of the president in confirming Cabinet nominees, and calls on them to subject attorney general nominee William Barr to strict scrutiny.

As chairman Sen. Graham can choose to continue down that reckless path, which included rubber-stamping the judicial nominations of many unfit people. Or he can restore sanity and seriousness to the way the committee does business.

We applaud the new House leadership for focusing on restoring faith in our government at a time when the administration has all but demolished it. There is a lot to like in this bill, and we are especially encouraged by provisions that would protect and promote voting rights as well as a provision to extend the judicial code of ethics to Supreme Court justices.

In the latest edition of Yeomans Work, AFJ Senior Justice Fellow Bill Yeomans writes that the incoming House Judiciary Committee must focus on the crucial efforts to rescue the Supreme Court from partisan corruption.

In the latest edition of Yeomans Work, AFJ Senior Justice Fellow Bill Yeomans writes that President Trump’s choice for attorney general, William Barr, has amassed a record that should disqualify him from serving in the job in this administration.

The list of 2018 judicial nominees who have not yet been confirmed includes some of the Trump Administration’s most troubling choices. There are people on this list who are wholly unqualified to be federal judges, and should not be renominated.